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The Physics of Hockey

When it comes to our own history, Canadians are notoriously sketchy on its details, but when it comes to analyzing hockey, almost everyone is an expert. We know more about the neutral zone trap than ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

A Day in the Life of the Maple Leafs

By Andrew Podnieks, ed.

Just in time for the Christmas rush comes A Day in the Life of the Maple Leafs, a beautifully bound, elegant picture book chronicling one game day on Planet Maple Leaf. In this case, it’s ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

True Tales of the Paranormal: Hauntings, Poltergeists, Near Death Experiences, and Other Mysterious Events

By Kimberly Molto

This intriguing examination of such paranormal phenomena as ghosts, poltergeists, premonitions, and doppelgangers is unusual because it is written by an unlikely suspect: a research scientist in cognitive neurobiology. One might expect someone with such ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Front Yard Gardens: Growing More than Grass

By Liz Primeau

Liz Primeau knew something was wrong when she realized that insects and neighbourhood pets avoided her manicured lawn in favour of bushes and shady gardens. When she thought about it, she decided that she couldn’t ... Read More »

December 10, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Designerguys: Finding Your Personal Style

By Chris Hyndman and Steven Sabados

Snobs would say that any artefact that features the phrase “personal style” probably hasn’t got any, but people who look at subtitles – or who actually read – are probably not the point here. With ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Finding Peace

By Jean Vanier

We live in a tumultuous and disheartening time, a time to which only cynicism seems the appropriate response, a bulwark against outright despair. It seems odd, if not naive, to suggest that there might be ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Green Labyrinth: Exploring the Mysteries of the Amazon

By Sylvia Fraser

The Green Labyrinth is a continuation of Sylvia Fraser’s previous book, The Rope in the Water, in that she is still following her curiosity about non-Western healing and spirituality into remote corners of the world. ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure

By Maria Coffey

Following the death of Maria Coffey’s life partner, elite British mountaineer Joe Tasker, on Everest’s then-unclimbed Northeast Ridge in 1985, Coffey moved to Canada and reinvented herself as a writer. Her first book, Fragile Edge, ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey

By Cecil Harris

Things have never been better for black players in professional hockey. In 2002, Jarome Iginla became the first black scoring champion in the National Hockey League. In May 2003, Anson Carter scored the game-winning goal ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Money Players: How Hockey’s Greatest Stars Beat the Nhl at Its Own Game

By Bruce Dowbiggin

The Calgary-based sportswriter Bruce Dowbiggin is pushing hard to become Canada’s next great chronicler of our national pastime. Dowbiggin, a frequent hockey commentator on radio and television and a writer for the Calgary Herald, has ... Read More »

November 11, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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The Physics of Hockey

A Day in the Life of the Maple Leafs

True Tales of the Paranormal: Hauntings, Poltergeists, Near Death Experiences, and Other Mysterious Events

Front Yard Gardens: Growing More than Grass

Designerguys: Finding Your Personal Style

Finding Peace

The Green Labyrinth: Exploring the Mysteries of the Amazon

Where the Mountain Casts Its Shadow: The Dark Side of Extreme Adventure

Breaking the Ice: The Black Experience in Professional Hockey

Money Players: How Hockey’s Greatest Stars Beat the Nhl at Its Own Game

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